New York, New York

2 posts in 2 days??!!
Yep!

I did this LO about our NYC trip we took last fall-we went on one of those double decker bus tours, froze our backsides off & got some FABU shots on this clear day. We really loved this town!

This LO has a hodge podge of product-Lily Bee, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park. It's always a bit of a thrill when I find that 2 different manufacturers have matching lines-I loved how the Pink Paislee trim went with the Echo Park flowers :)

Paper-Lily Bee, Echo Park, Journal page-Making Memories, Trim-Pink Paislee, Suitcase die cut-Girl's Paperie, Kraft Doilies, Maya Road, Buttons-My MInd's Eye, Alphas (white)-Making Memories, (smaller) Echo Park.

Thanks again, for peeking in.

Happy Tuesday!!

Kindergarten Photo

Hello Friends!
I finally finished a couple more pages last week & have finally gotten around to posting them-I swear my mojo is on VACA and I can't wait for it come back. Maybe when I get my Hip kit this week, I will be back on my way.

In the meantime, I got this GORGEOUS My Mind's Eye kit at C-mas time and never had the oppertunity to dive in until recently. It made putting this LO together easy peasy-I just LOVE these colorful papers. So fun and whimsical for my Little Man.

Papers, die cuts-My Mind's Eye, Clouds cut from American Crafts paper, beads from $1 Store.

Thanks for peeking in!

Have a Happy Monday!

2 Weeks...Well, almost.

Hello Friends!
HELP!!! ;)

For the first time in a VERRRRRY long time, I have not felt like scrappin'. AT ALL. Seriously-I had NO mojo. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. I guess you get the drift. :(

I have had plenty of other things to keep me busy, mind you. I volunteer at school several times a week, we have had LOTS of days spent after school at the playground, I have been cleaning my poor neglected nest & started doing the 'couch to 5k' program (I got 5 days in on the treadmill last week and it felt so gooooooood to stretch, sweat and speed up this pulse of mine :) ) I hope I can be as committed next week.

And my scrappy 'fast' wasn't for lack of trying. I was surfing blogs & galleries-HARD. I scoured alot of my mags. Even went through my papers and did a purge. I had NO INSPO. And then Wednesday evening, something was there and I pulled out some papers. I started a LO & intended to finish it Thursday night & ended up sleeping a 11 hr stint with my baby boy (oh yeah-that's my other new past time these days-SLEEPING-what is THAT about??). Cuddles with him will put me to sleep everytime & I thought it was supposed to work the other way around. :) I finally got the rest of it put together yesterday and then mojo crept up on me a second time! So now, I have 2 LOs to share. Not sure how I am feeling about these- I had started out planning both LOs to be on white cardstock & having lots of negative space- but these are the end result.

 **My Baby Sister**

With 20 years between us, it kind of feels like she was my first 'baby' and she has always been very special to me. These pics are of her 10 years ago. She is graduating this year and I am so proud of her.

Supplies: Paper-Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, My Little SHoebox, Cardstock-Bazzill, Alphas-American Crafts, MLS, Jenni Bowlin, Punky Sprouts canvas bloom, Tags-The Girls' Paperie, Butterflies-Jenni Bowlin, Bling-Dollarama, Twine-Martha Stewart, Chipboard elements-Crate Paper

**Grampy's Boys**

This LO is one of those pictures that you MUST scrap. I just love the happy smile on my sweet FIL's face as my Little Man and Little nephew 'help' him blow out candles on his b-day cake.

Supplies: Papers-My Mind's Eye, Alphas-American Crafts, My Little Shoebox, Die cut accents-Girl's Paperie,

Butterflies-Jenni Bowlin

Where do you go for fail-safe scrappy inspiration? I think I am in a rut and would LOVE to break out of it.
Please-please-PLEASE-share your tips (that is if anyone is still peeking in here ;) )
Have a GREAT weekend!



I spy...

Guess what I just spotted on the Hip2B Square Blog!!

March's kit-chock full with the new CHA-W release from Pink Paislee :) :)

Also, don't forget to check the blog for some stunning work from the design team that is posted throughout the month!

Thanks for peeking in on me!

Happy Tuesday!

So very proud of you.

I am always SO happy when I get scrappy mail from Kimberley at Hip 2B Square Scrapbooking.

I really love how well she mixes paper lines and how she pairs soft colors, with pops of red & black.

As you can see, this kits suits my scrappy style very well and I had LOTS of fun with the versatality of this one. You can snag your kit HERE very soon!! 

On this page of my hubby, I went with more masculine colors from the kit and popped it a bit with some red.

I also made use of the very ample supply of Studio Calico Veneer buttons that came with the embellishment add on to create a border.

On this page (pardon the silly pic of yours truly -it was taken on New Year's Eve MANY MANY moons ago ;) ) I played with the Jillibean soup corrugated frames and added some coordinating papers & embellies to add some detail to them. And yes, you will see I am HUGE fan of yellow on this page.

AND as promised, with the help of a random generator,

I have a scrappy RAK for Heather C. from yesterday's post.

Heather, please email me your snail mail addy at cindysinfo (at) hotmail (dot) com.

Thank you for all of your kind words-I really do love hearing from you and read every comment :)

Thanks for popping by!

I have a few more fun projects to share tomorrow :)

Happy Tuesday!

So Long, Farewell....

....Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight.

As soon as I started writing this post, this song from the Sound of Music popped into my head (BTW, I may be the only person in the free world who has never seen it much to my darling husband's dismay).

But I digress. As usual. :) If you have just happened here, we are having a farewell bog hop at My Little Shoebox. You should start at THIS blog.

Can you believe how quickly 9 months has FLOWN BY?? I have to admit that I am a bit sad to be leaving this FABULOUS team and leaving this OH SO GENEROUS and just AWESOME company (I have seriously had a crush on My Little SHoebox scrappy supplies for quite some time & Miss Helen sure knows how to design stuff that lights my scrappy fire). But, on a positive note, I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, so I will leave you with that happy thought and some of my favorite MLS projects.

(`Thanks sew much`card)

(Arrows are pointing to Donald Trump ;) Sorry the photo is so dark)

Both of these projects are using the new Farmer`s Market line  and are easily my new fave line from MLS.

I didn`t intend to add so many images but once I got looking through my past projects, I had a REALLY hard time narrowing it down. I guess when you use a product you love, you make projects that you love too.

So if you are still with me, THANK YOU.

I have a little prize to give away but I need you to help me out first.

* follow me on my blog

AND

*leave me a comment on this post that you did by midnight EST tonight

and I will randomly pick a person tomorrow to receive this little bunch of MLS deliciousness.

Be sure to check back then!

Now please make sure to hop all the way to the end (the talented Deanna Misner is next on the hop) to be eligible for another MLS prize.

Thank you Miss Helen and the MLS team!

I have had a ball working with you!!

Toothless Grin

8.5 x 11".

I never thought I would scrap this size. But suddenly, my house is becoming crammed with 12x12 LOs/albums. I use the American Crafts D ring albums now too-which are a bit more expensive but make adding to your albums SO MUCH EASIER-really worth the investment. And then I thought- isn't a school binder the same idea but SMALLER? And aren't 8.5x11" page protecters cheaper less expensive???

After I came to that conclusion, I found these SWEET kraft albums in the back-to-school section at Zellers and altered it up (with ATD/Momenta products) with the purpose of filling it with Little Man's kindergarten pages.

This 8.5 x 11" page is about Little Man losing his first tooth.

Supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Crate Paper paper & chipboard elements, Jillibean Soup tiny alphas, Sassafras alphas, Martha Stewart punch & twine, My Mind's Eye Lush ribbon.

Thanks for popping by!

Happy Friday!